Malta Q2 Manufacturing Sales Decrease
(RTTNews) - Thursday, the National Statistics Office of Malta announced that the country’s manufacturing sales deceased 8.6% year-over-year to reach EUR560.9 million in the second quarter, after declining 7.2% in the first quarter.
Manufacturing sales in export-orientated enterprises totaled EUR77.8 million, and it amounted to 77.8% of the total sales.
For the April to June months of the year, employment in the manufacturing enterprises decreased by 881 employees to reach 17,549 over a year ago.
The investment in the manufacturing sector during the second quarter stood at EUR29 million, down EUR2 million from last year.
During the first half of the year, investment stood at EUR70.7 million, down EUR15.2 million from a year ago.
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